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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>planta</b>: ae, f. for plancta; cf. plānus; [[root]] v. [[plango]].<br /><b>I</b> Any [[vegetable]] [[production]] [[that]] serves to [[propagate]] the [[species]], a [[sprout]], [[shoot]], [[twig]], [[sprig]], [[sucker]], [[graft]], [[scion]], [[slip]], [[cutting]], Varr. R. R. 1, 55: malleoli, plantae, sarmenta, viviradices, propagines, Cic. Sen. 15, 52; Verg. G. 2, 23.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> A [[young]] [[tree]], a [[shrub]] [[that]] [[may]] be transplanted, a [[set]], [[slip]], Ov. R. Am. 193: plantas ex seminario transferre in aliud, Plin. 17, 11, 14, § 75: plantae sinapis primā hieme translatae, Col. 11, 3, 29: thymi novellas plantas disponere, id. 11. 3, 40: puteusque [[brevis]] ... in [[tenuis]] plantas [[facile]] diffunditur haustu, Juv. 3, 227: [[planta]], [[quam]] [[quis]] in [[solo]] nostro posuerit, Gai. Inst. 2, 74 ([[but]] not used in the [[general]] [[sense]] of a [[plant]], for [[which]], in [[class]]. Lat.: res quae gignitur e terrā, etc., Cic. Fin. 4, 5, 13; v. Madv. ad loc., and Krebs, Antibarb. p. 890).—<br /><b>II</b> A [[sole]], [[sole]] of the [[foot]]: ah! [[tibi]] ne teneras [[glacies]] secet aspera plantas, Verg. E. 10, 49: citae, Ov. M. 10, 591: cubitales, Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 24: [[pedum]] plantae, Verg. A. 8, 458: mihi [[summa]] [[licet]] contingere sidera plantis, Prop. 1, 8, 43: plantā duci, to be dragged by the [[heel]], Juv. 5, 125: tremulis insistere plantis, id. 6, 96: assequi plantā, in the [[course]], Sil. 13, 246: certamina plantae, a [[race]], id. 16, 458: quadrupedem [[planta]] fodiens, i. e. calcaribus, id. 6, 212: exsurgere in plantas, Sen. Ep. 111, 3: [[quid]] [[enim]] velocis [[gloria]] plantae Praestat, Juv. 13, 98: plantā magnā calcor, id. 3, 247.—Prov.: sutorem [[supra]] plantam ascendere vetuit ([[like]] [[ultra]] crepidam), Val. Max. 8, 12 fin.>
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>planta</b>,¹¹ æ, f.,<br /><b>1</b> plant, rejeton, bouture : Cic. CM 52 ; [[Varro]] R. 1, 55<br /><b>2</b> plante, herbe, végétal : Juv. 3, 227 [cf. [[res]] quæ gignitur e [[terra]] Cic. Fin. 4, 13, etc.]<br /><b>3</b> plante du pied, pied : Virg. B. 10, 49 ; [[planta]] duci Juv. 5, 125, être traîné par le talon ; [[planta]] assequi Sil. 13, 246, atteindre à la course ; exsurgere in plantas Sen. Ep. 111, 3, se hausser sur les pieds ; [[supra]] plantam ascendere Val. Max. 8, 12, sortir de sa sphère, parler de ce qu’on ne connaît pas.
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{{Georges
|georg=planta, ae, f., I) jedes [[Gewächs]], das zur [[Fortpflanzung]] dient, der Pflänzling, [[Setzling]], a) Pfropfreis, Pflanzreis, [[des]] Weinstockes, Cic.: [[des]] Ölbaumes, [[Varro]]: anderer Bäume, Verg. – b) [[ein]] [[ganz]] junger [[Baum]], der [[weiter]] versetzt wird, [[ein]] [[Setzling]], Setzholz, Plin. – c) [[ein]] [[Schößling]] [[einer]] [[Pflanze]] zum Versetzen, plantae sinapis, Colum.: plantam deponere in hortis, Ov.: [[apium]] possis plantis serere [[nec]] [[minus]] semine, Colum. – II) die [[Fußsohle]], [[mit]] u. [[ohne]] Genet. [[pedis]], Catull., Verg., Ov. u. Plin.: intentā plantā, raschen Schrittes, Val. Flacc.: [[summa]] contingere sidera plantis, das höchste [[Glück]] [[genießen]], Prop. – Sprichw., (sutorem) [[supra]] plantam (= crepidam) ascendere vetuit, er gebot ihm, [[bei]] seinem [[Leisten]] zu [[bleiben]], Val. Max. 8, 12. ext. 3: [[ebenso]] [[supra]] plantam, ut dicitur, evagatus, [[nicht]] [[bei]] seinem [[Leisten]] bleibend, Amm. 28, 1, 10.
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